Question

In the equation below, identify the Brønsted-Lowry acid, the Brønsted-Lowry base, conjugate acid, conjugate base.

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Your B-L Acid is a proton (Hydrogen, H+) donor, and your B-L base is a proton acceptor. This means that the base will take a hydrogen from your acid. NO2- is a B-L base, and you can tell it is a base by the negative charge it possesses. This means that it has a lone pair that wants to grab one of the hydrogens from NH4+, the B-L acid. In scientific words, the NO2- is a nucleophile and NH4+ is an electrophile. The result of NO2- grabbing that hydrogen from NH4+ is that NO2- becomes HNO2 (your conjugate acid) and and NH4+ becomes NH3 (you conjugate base). Basically, any time a B-L acid loses a proton, its equal product will be its conjugate base, and any time a B-L base gains a proton, its equal product will be its conjugate acid.

I hope this helped explain the concept behind Bronsted-Lowry acids and bases! Good luck with your class and please don't forget to give a positive rating! :-)